The First Week @ Yahoo

It's a Friday night, and I am just back from my office (sounds so strange..office!). Anyways, I am feeling relieved today, I won't have to get up early for next two days :) Oh, I am not sure but I heard that some communal riots took place or going on in some areas in Bangalore, and so the company bus left 10 minutes prior, as a precautionary measure ;)

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I have already written about the fun part in Yahoo. Now lets turn towards some serious stuffs. The team under which I am doing my internship works on web platforms which supports services like blog, mail, videos, maps, etc. I myself don't know much about these things, as I am from EEE background :(

So before I begin to do any actual work or undertake any project, I need to go through the basics. Thats what I have been doing, sitting in my cube. The book which I am currently following is Internetworking with TCP-IP Vol1- Principles Protocols and Architecture by Douglas E. Comer. Most of the CSE guys must have read this book as their CDC.

And when I finish this book, I will be reading the volume III, which deals with stock programming. So still, there is some time when I actually start working.

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There was a surprise for me in store today! I was informed that my Manager Mr. Hemang had requested the department to give me a laptop instead of the PC. And currently I am using that laptop :) Its a HP laptop, 2.4GHz dual core processor, 2GB ram and 80 GB HDD.

I feel pity for my Dell Laptop which is lying in a corner ! :D

Horrible Horoscope

This morning - I woke up, did sleep walk and reached downstairs, grabbed the Bangalore times, turned to page 2 and here it was --

" PISCES February 19- March 19 Its likely that you are still riding high on the waves of enjoyment, yet reality pushes its way back into your consciousness today. You are resistant to change. Avoid the temptation to walk away from your responsibilities to just do something enjoyable. This is an action- packed phase for you."

I read it twice (period). It was not that I didn't get it the first time; it was just too much to absorb at one go ! It was like someone fired at me with a machine gun, while I am still half asleep!

Though reluctantly, but I agreed to this Finolex FORTUNE. The 'waves of enjoyment' is still inside me (as I got Yahoo and a good stipend). And though aware, but still not accepting the reality that I have to work now! For the last three years, it was just little work (study/exams) and all fun and laziness. And who won't resist if there is a change, where you have to get up early, walk for 15 minutes and board your bus at 8:00 AM. Do your work in company and take your bus back at 6:00 PM and reach home at 7:45 ! What a contrast : Almost no work for three years and working five days a week !

I felt a cold shudder, the reality did push its way back into my consciouness.

I was sitting in the company bus, looking outside the window. I saw few teenagers who were playing football. It felt like, the guy is there, playing, and I am going to office! I could have pictured myself in his place just a few days back, but nowww (period) !!

I understood that I am just on the edge of ending up my student/teenage/virtual world and I have already put my first step in the real world. But the thought that I have a semester left, gives me a last chance to bid farewell to the wonderful student life! Of course I believe that every phase has its own meaning and it depends on the person how he spends that phase.

Any how, the philosophy ends here ;) This is really an action-packed phase for me.

PS : Few more things about Yahoo, other than free food court(lunch), we have unlimited badam milk, hot choclate, chips, namkeens, toffees, caffeine. And I had nothing to do today, so played TT for some time. Loved it !

Roti Kapda Makaan Network

Slowly and comfortably I am settling down in Bangalore. Its my fourth day today. I had Roti, Kapda and Makaan, and just now I got a Network too. Basic human necessities are complete :)

I took a Reliance phone (for the ob reason). This time I didn't go for the cheapest 'Classic' sets, as their talktime (battery) is very less. They don't have earphones facility, and also the phone becomes too hot after a while (I know someone is critisizing me while reading this).

I preferred LG instead. Lookwise it's not better than Classic, but the battery is better ofcourse.

I thought of buying the cheapest LG reliance set, but I paid additional 200 bucks and bought the next set in the series. LD RD 3600. It has FM :)

I will be going to office by bus, and it generally takes one and half hour. So this will be my entertainer. And of course Bangalore has so many FM stations, playing all kinds of songs. Another good thing about this phone is, the FM plays on speaker too, so I don't have to always block my ears with the earphone.

Anyways, I am also continuing using my old number (Goa).

PS : Don't crib that I haven't given my new number :) hehe :D

The Deadliest Trip ever !

The Elephant Beach - Havelock Island

Yahoo , Bangalore

That is true, I am in bangalore, and will be staying here for the next six months. I am here for my intern at Yahoo. I will be joining on Monday 7/7/08.

I did my registration yesterday and also visited the Yahoo Workplace. Awesome ! That was the first thing I said when I saw the place. I will click some pics and upload later.

The best part is the canteen. I shouldn't call it a canteen, instead it is better than a food court. It has a capacity of more than 400 people and the food, OMG, more than 100 different varieties. Ten kinds of salads, four types of bread, etc etc..there were so many things I couldn't even manage to taste 20% of that. And here comes the another best part, its all for free :) Anytime, anything and any amount! Cool huh ?

While exiting I could see few pool tables, tt tables, carroms, etc. There was a Gym too, but I think it was made keeping in mind the guys with bulged tummy ;)

I will write more about the company and its working conditions when I myself experience that ;)

Till then bbye.

(About the last day at andaman, it was dangeroulsy exciting, but I am in no mood to narrate that)